How to Use participation in a Sentence

participation

noun
  • The prize derived from the $5 participation fee is at stake.
    — Bill Brownlee, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Both teams cite Russia’s war as the direct cause of the end of Ukraine’s participation in the Antares program.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And for younger workers, age 20 to 24, participation is lower now than at the end of last year.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season without the pope's participation.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • But higher prices could bring about a drop-off in the use of parks or in participation in hunting and fishing.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Marc and Scott are the folks that greenlit our participation in Smash season two and give us our very first TV job.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Ask for participation in projects that put you out of your comfort zone.
    — Paul Lewis, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • One month ago, Kansas City’s participation in the game was anything but certain, as the team had to fight their way up from a wild card spot.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In other words, the participation of the brand that Dior built was essential.
    — Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The push for equal access to sports for boys and girls in high schools comes as overall participation for girls has exploded since the law took hold.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2022
  • Gellar’s participation in Wolf Pack was the result of a similar shot in the dark.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2023
  • By the time the park was created, Seppala had been dead for over a decade, but his lack of participation is apparent from the name alone.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2022
  • Kirkaldy said there are ways to have the diversion fee waived, so that the cost of the program is never a barrier to participation.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter without the pope’s participation.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Desmond has said names on the list would not be made public, and participation would be voluntary.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022
  • What’s missing here is your participation in the process.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Of course, that level of participation posed a risk: If too many cooks spoil the broth, just imagine the effect of too many winemakers.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The participation has to mean apprenticeships and internships, and this has to lead to jobs for these kids.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Overall, some tribes had as much as 70% participation in the war effort.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Access the form here. Thank you for your participation.
    — Baltimore Sun, 20 Oct. 2022
  • That participation, by the consumer, will direct value that the airline can for more SAF.
    — Dieter Holger, WSJ, 19 July 2023
  • In that month, Fuentes was banned from major online platforms for his participation in the pro-Trump mob outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey and Marianna Sotomayor, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This needs to change … on their terms and with their active and meaningful participation.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 10 June 2024
  • Mindhouse was a way for Theroux to make projects that didn’t require his participation in front of the camera.
    — Simran Hans, Variety, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Be sure to contact your local Taco Bell restaurant for prices, hours and participation, which can vary.
    — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Around the edges of last year’s festival in Malmö, Sweden, protests against Israel’s participation reached a fever pitch.
    — Andrew Jones, NBC news, 15 May 2025
  • Wilking says her and her parents' participation in the docuseries came with risks.
    — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • The Agnipath protests in India—and the young men leading them—are proof of the abysmal level of female participation in the Indian armed forces.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 21 June 2022
  • With trans athletes’ participation in girls’ and women’s sports a legal, political and cultural debate stoked by the political right, the White House has tried to use federal money to get states to align their policies with its ideology.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • Homework and classroom participation were no longer going to influence final grades, which were instead going to be primarily determined by a final exam that students could take multiple times.
    — The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2025

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